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Bryan Long wrote:

I found the seven-packs at two out of three Ross stores I visited. No Guy Gardner packs so far. I'm going to check another on the way home tonight. Based on my small sampling so far, it seems that there's only one seven-pack going to each store around here. If anybody has found multiples, feel free to correct me.

I'm just waiting for one of those Volcana packs that we were told were produced in a decent quantity to show up somewhere.

What packs? Volcana hasn't been made for years.

At the time, someone asked in the Ask Matty about the rarity of the Volcana/Green Arrow/Hawk pack, and they replied the pack was made in the relative same numbers as the other packs. Which means there should be a pile of those packs laying around somewhere...assuming Matty was telling the truth and not saving face, which is a huge assumption.

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Yea, they're sitting around in people's homes. That thing hit stores like 7 years ago. Those are long gone.

I know, trust me. I was in the stores up to 20 times a week when they supposedly hit. I was lucky enough to find the 10-inch Justice Lords in the stores (except Batman) and every other 4-inch pack, but never saw Volcana.

It was a snide reference to a statement Mattel made in the past. I know they're gone.

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I'm surprised Ross can sell those sets so cheaply and still make a profit. Did Mattel sell them for a buck apiece?

I remember TRU having a huge Star Wars blowout back in '01, I believe it was, where it was said that they'd paid by the pound for said product. I wonder if the same holds here?... Perhaps paying by the pound or maybe even by the pallet for this stuff.

I am just throwing this out there, I will gladly pay $10 shipped for a loose Guy Gardner with good paint. I also would pay like $15 shipped loose for Vandal savage and Savage Time Supes.

I can not believe Mattel dumped those 7 packs for that price, I was lucky and waited and got one in trade for some stuff I got a good deal on but still why not offer the little customer service stock during the early buying program ?

I think the 7 pack is due to someone being told go price all those JLU multipacks 3.99-- (not knowing there was two level of packs)

Thats noticeable- by the original price being 30.00 on the tag-- stores like ROss and TJ Maxx are usually very accurate on the original retail price to make things look better- so I think we are all just getting the benefit of a simple screw up.

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A hit and a miss at lunch today. One Ross had one seven-pack, the other had nothing. Still no sign of a Guy Gardner. I'm going to revisit one store that I already hit this evening, and then I'll probably lay off the hunt.

I'm surprised Ross can sell those sets so cheaply and still make a profit. Did Mattel sell them for a buck apiece?

I remember TRU having a huge Star Wars blowout back in '01, I believe it was, where it was said that they'd paid by the pound for said product. I wonder if the same holds here?... Perhaps paying by the pound or maybe even by the pallet for this stuff.

Oh man I remember this cuz all the web exclusive figures like Kyle Katarn and the rest of those showed up at TRU is bulk fir like $2.75 each and I picked up a ton of that stuff! I thought I was dreaming haha!

I'm surprised Ross can sell those sets so cheaply and still make a profit. Did Mattel sell them for a buck apiece?

I remember TRU having a huge Star Wars blowout back in '01, I believe it was, where it was said that they'd paid by the pound for said product. I wonder if the same holds here?... Perhaps paying by the pound or maybe even by the pallet for this stuff.

I worked at a Kay-Bee in the mid-90s, and at that time we would have most of the Toy Biz Marvel stuff at 3 for $10, pretty much all the time. I asked how we made a profit on those and was told that 'clearanced' items like that were actually our highest-profit items. So yeah, definitely some kind of massive bulk deal going on.